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Reaped upon Reflection

by Mirthless

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1.
Unfeigned Purpose 03:15
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Waters subside to shallow spills The offhand drippings from above Plucked and placed in a deeper famine Tell me I am on my own Enter the guileless, the recruited egos Their unfeigned purpose held close Their bodies’ wealth of fluid now untarnished Soon blackened, boiling waste Festering tar, gaudy gold encased Empty hands deprived of more From heads held higher If only they knew They will know Waters subside to shallow spills The offhand drippings from above Plucked and placed in a deeper famine Tell me I am on my own Tell me I’m alone When we gather all we own to sate above What will be left to rob? I am on my own I am alone Brooding my solitude I am alone If only they knew When waters subside They will know
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Tethered to a Trigger 04:34
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Ticking anxious, obsessive clicks Foreboding cold calamity Suspense beyond the surface Now, awaiting consequence Dying is the feeble flame Dying, dimming, smoldering Meticulous design yields a turbulent implement Its trigger tethered to our wooden feet Guilty is the fuse-igniting perpetrator firstly blamed Mistakes, our leader forbade Intention, no one made Dying is the feeble flame Dying The delicately dampened flame Smoldering Dying, dimming, smoldering Beset by a punishment Destined to begin Exonerate when it's too late Mistakes, our leader forbade Intention, no one made Guilty is the fuse-igniting perpetrator firstly blamed Dying is the feeble flame Dying
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Lucid Terror 03:08
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Sentient in a coma Imprisoned in his consciousness He lives the dream he dreads Suffering in slumber Eternal sleep shall be his ease Shell shocked He flees from his wilted husk Still dormant in reality He flees from his shell Wide awake and dreaming Suffering in slumber Eternal sleep shall be his ease With wounds beyond the mind His visions coincide As penetrating, vivifying Vital threads incise The antithesis of a paradise This is the hell you waited for Behold your settlement in chaos Emerge from this demented mare And sleep forever Lurker looming from the shadows A figment of reality A figure of lucidity Silhouettes like soldiers Volatile, armed and drawn Welcome to the hell you waited for Behold your settlement in chaos Emerge from this demented mare And sleep forever He lives the dream he dreads Suffering in slumber Eternal sleep shall be his ease
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The Means for Peace 04:20
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Trapped enemies fighting, purging, vis-à-vis It seems like they relate, but they're deafened by debate Cultivated, symmetric armies Shrouded, each appears to be Embedded in a patriot Alongside his propriety Hatred in replacement of eradicated sympathy Withholding the means for peace He needs something to destroy Eliminate his sympathy Withholding serenity He needs something to destroy Erase the memories Of fostering misery As trapped enemies Fashioned by fathomless contempt By and with the blood and bones of men It seems like they relate Obdurate and oblivious No one will concede Noble and naive No one will concede Sonic screams of weaponry The only sound of harmony Embedded in a patriot Alongside his propriety Hatred in replacement of eradicated sympathy Fostering misery Withholding the means for peace He needs something to destroy Trapped enemies fighting, purging, vis-à-vis It seems like they relate, but they're deafened by debate It just seems like they relate
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Freedom in Confinement 03:06
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Anhedonia 03:47
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His body harbors a craving Addiction This feeling must leave Contently, he ingests The remedy to his sentience Contently, he submits Pacified by a sweet sedation Freedom in confinement Freedom in his tomb A prison built in his perimeter Slow, like the hour hand Depletion of his passion Ascension of his apathy Precipitating the fate ahead Forfeit masquerading as failure A trifle, he suggests Indulging to replenish A rigid, lonely lust Reaped upon reflection Contently, he surrenders Pacified, neutralized Forever in confinement Forever in his grave It's only essential It's only a guise Freedom Contently, he surrenders Contently, he submits Forever in confinement Forever in his grave Pleasure reaped upon reflection Anhedonia It’s only essential It’s only a guise Defensively, he denies the facade It’s who he is Neurotically, he asserts his control It’s who he has become Freedom
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Eyes over Shoulders 02:36
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Meddler in the mirror Mutable flesh in form Follow my meandering path Every step, a copycat Rent the vision that proceeds The blood is deeper than it seems Carve a trench with stolen spade Siphon tissue from a grave Strangers melt desire Forging an abstract mind to be bereaved Bonded by feeling Radiant, we gleam Forgetting the promise to be stripped of individuality Rent the vision that proceeds The blood is deeper than it seems The fabled, bottled bother Now searching for another Apprentice of malice With eyes over shoulders And though we’ve melded all our senses into one I still remember how it feels to be alone Parasite, but I hear no alarm We find a lane We feel the same We trod our way We make our way We feel the same The fabled, bottled bother Now searching for another Apprentice of malice With eyes over shoulders And though we’ve melded all our senses into one I still remember how it feels to be alone
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The Seeds of Enmity 03:05
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Prowling surreptitiously through a dismal domain Marooned in miasma and friendly fire Possessed by a compulsion to defend this realm A deluge of faces bombard our bounds Fluorescent flares obscure our vision We pluck our targets from the flock We see new eyes We surmise Engraved on the faces of the dead The reflections of our own For worst of all myopia I nominate this tragedy Maniacally compelled to attack We see new eyes, and we surmise The seeds of enmity And those who trespass Will see a fate worse than death (The worst of all myopia) And those who trespass Will see a fate worse than death You'll see a fate worse than death
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Bereft 04:11
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You once seemed like a stubborn stain Tenacious, grudge-maintaining pain Now bereft of all sensations I must convince you I’m insane Believe me It once seemed like we raised a knight Secured as a servant to his leader Now begging your beliefs to change I must confess that I am insane Believe me I belong to another purpose Call me a traitor But it pains me to pose as a mannequin No longer a display Believe me, I am insane No more Believe me, I am insane Believe me, it pains There was once a way we could all Diverge from our convictions And merge our kindred guilds (There was once a way) We have seen what it means to succeed To fight our distorted reflections And hide as our bonds and buildings fall to ruin A superficial glance of reinforced semblance Symbolic streaks engraved in ladders linking enemies Now bereft of all sensations I must convince you I'm insane Now begging your beliefs to change I must confess that I am insane Believe me, I am insane Believe me, it pains No longer a display No more
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The Circle 03:19
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The circle is completing Drawing victory from vacancy This will be a dilapidated city left in our wake A withered shell of itself We fight, we hide We strive, we glide Inches above the water We sank to sorrow We fought, we sought We found, we strived We dwindled We sank to sorrow Our kingdom followed The circle completes The circle repeats Violence, victory, reconstruction, defeat Galvanizing, brainwashing, whitewashing The circle completes We pray to be the ones who reign But these violent tangents deter our victory The circle repeats Our mortal wings see injury Our weakness is our vanity We fight, we hide We strive, we glide Inches above the water We sank to sorrow We fought, we sought We found, we strived We dwindled We sank to sorrow Our kingdom followed The circle is complete The circle repeats Neverending repeat No one will ever win

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released April 26, 2019

Vocals performed by Eli Roberson and Yousef Jeddi
Guitars and bass performed by Yousef Jeddi
Drums and synths performed by Matthew Carmichael
Violin on "Tethered to a Trigger" performed by Eli Roberson

Music written by Yousef Jeddi and Matthew Carmichael
Lyrics written by Yousef Jeddi
Additional lyrics for "Unfeigned Purpose," "The Means for Peace," and "Anhedonia" written by Eli Roberson

Produced, engineered, mixed, and mastered by Matthew Carmichael

Album artwork by Samuel Nelson

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